DELIVERY OF OPEC INVESTMENT DECLASSIFICATION PACKAGE TO CHAIRMAN BENJAMIN ROSENTHALS (D.,NY) SUBCOMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002100160081-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2007
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: January 20, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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20 January 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
VIA: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Executive Director
FROM: Chief, Legislative Liaison Division
SUBJECT: Delivery of OPEC Investment Declassification Package to
Chairman Benjamin Rosenthal's (D., NY) Subcommittee
1. On Friday, 15 January 1982, the results of the inter-Agency declas-
sification review of 17 documents relating to OPEC investment were delivered
to Steve McSpadden on the staff of Chairman Rosenthal's House Government
Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and Monetary Affairs. Also
included were your letter to Representative Rosenthal and your handwritten
note on the package itself. McSpadden appreciated our quick reaction to his
Chairman's letter. He said he would review the material, discuss it with
the Chairman, and get back to us if he had any questions about our deletions.
He stated that they would not send the classified documents to the Government
Printing Office as indicated in Representative Rosenthal's 13 January letter
to you.
2. On Monday, 18 January, McSpadden called to say that he had reviewed
the material and felt that unnecessary deletions had been made. We agreed
that a meeting with those supervisors from CIA and other agencies who were
involved with the declassification would be useful. We will meet with
McSpadden at 1030 hours on Thursday, 21 January, at Headquarters. We will ~
explain that the deletions have been made in strict accord with Executive ~
Order 12065. If Mr. McSpadden still disagrees with our decision, he may
recommend that Chairman Rosenthal consult fur ~
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Chief, Le islative Liaison Division
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